CVE-2007-4887 (GCVE-0-2007-4887)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-09-14 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:08
VLAI
Summary
The dl function in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the library parameter. NOTE: there are limited usage scenarios under which this would be a vulnerability.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3133 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
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http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26403 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3825 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2007-09-10 00:00
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